Happy Thanksgiving Day!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!!! 

Today is the Thanksgiving Day!!! May you enjoy it with your friends and family!!

How much do you know about Thanksgiving? Let me tell you more...

Thanksgiving Day first started in New England. It was for thanking God for the abundant harvest of crops. This is usually somewhere in late fall when the crops have been harvested. People from many parts of the world have been holding some kind of harvest festivals for thousands of years. They just called it by different names.

For example :

U.K. - Harvest Festival UK
China - mid-autumn festival
Korea - Chu Suk, or also known as the Harvest Moon Festival.
India - Indian Harvest Festival

 

Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Traditionally, it has been a time to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. While it may have been religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday. It is sometimes casually referred to as Turkey Day.

However, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on a different day in a different counties... In Canada, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October, which is Columbus Day in the United States. In the United States, it falls on the fourth Thursday of November.

Traditional thanksgiving dinners those days usually includes turkeys cranberries, fish, dried fruit, clams, venison, plums and lobsters. Modern times thanksgiving dinners include the pumpkin pie. 

After reading so much about Thanksgiving, may you have a better understand of this festival =)

Loves,

Ms Elisa xxx

An Interesting Panoramic Painting

Hi all, starting from today there will be an interesting panoramic painting is shows in Hong Kong from Shanghai World Expo 2010. I highly recommend our students to visit the Animated Version of the Riverside scene at Qingming Festival which also named as "River as Wisdom". It captures the daily life of people from the Song period at the capital, Bianjing. The theme celebrates the festive spirit and worldly commotion at the Qingming Festival. The entire piece was painted in hand scroll format and the content reveals the lifestyle of all levels of the society from rich to poor as well as different economic activities in rural areas and the city.

Exhibition info:

Date	9-29 November 2010
Time	Monday - Friday: 10:00am - 11:00pm (1 hour per session) Saturday - Sunday: 9:00am - 11:00pm (1 hour per session)
Venue	Hall 7 & 9
Ticket Price	HK$10
Ticket Sales	Tickets are available at all URBTIX. For booking, please call (852) 2111 5999 / (852) 2734 9009 or visit www.urbtix.hk

For P.3 Students >>> How to make a rainbow hat for St. Patrick's Day

St Patrick's Day - Rainbow Hat

Make and decorate your very own rainbow hat for St Patrick's Day.

Step 1

Print and cut out the rainbow, pot of gold and shamrock – colour them in!

Step 2

Staple one end of the rainbow to the centre of the strip of card so that the rainbow reaches into the air. Stick the other decorations to the strip of card with glue.

Step 3

Finally, wrap the headband around the crown of the child's head to measure the size. Holding the hat's shape, remove it from the child's head and safely staple the ends of the card together forming the finished hat.

Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, let's make a paper lantern ^^

Mid-Autumn Festival is coming
Mid-Autumn Festival is an important Chinese Festival celebrating with the Harvest Moon. There are some traditions in our culture such as the food that we like to eat and things we like to play during the festival.

I used to make my very own lantern printed with my favorite color pink with purple dots on it. It's fun to make your own lantern! Let's me share how to make a paper lantern with you here. 

Things you'll need

• Scissors (DO NOT use scissors alone, They are sharp!)
• Pencil
• Glue, tape or stapler
• Ruler
• Paper

Materials need for paper lantern

Step1.Take a rectangular sheet of paper (any size) and cut a 1/2-inch strip off one short side to make a handle. Put the strip aside for later.

Step 2. Measure and mark fold lines about ½ inch wide at top and bottom of paper as shown in the photo. Add fold lines in the middle, at an equal distance from the edges, as shown.

Step 3. Fold the paper along the fold lines as shown.

Step 4. Cut the paper into strips about 1 inch wide on both folded edges. Make sure not to cut through the small folds at the top and bottom of the paper.

 

 

 

 

Step 5. Open out the paper and roll it along the long edge as shown. Glue, tape or staple the short edges together.

Step 6. Glue, tape or staple the handle you made in Step 1 to the top of the lantern. If you like, you can add tassels, glitter, and other decorations.

Your lantern is now ready for hanging.

 

 

 

Source from http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca

Enjoy your Mid-Autumn Festival with your friends and family!
Loves,
Miss Elisa

Greeting to everyone in Kei Wai Ma Wan Primary School =D

Hello to all the students in Kei Wai Ma Wan Primary School!

This is Ms Elisa, I am so excited here to introduce myself to all of you =D
I will  be teaching P2 - 4 English reading class, i can't wait to meet you all!


Did you have a nice summer holiday & weekend? I've had a wonderful weekend =P 
I've been to Ocean Park! The very first time i see pandas there. Please feel free to share yours with us by posting comment here...

Let me share some photos of my fabulous weekend with you all, enjoy it =D 

Panda-Shaped Custard Chinese Bun